Re: SPSS 28: Accumulating "phantom" datasets in Windows taskbar popup

Posted by jkpeck on
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/SPSS-28-Accumulating-phantom-datasets-in-Windows-taskbar-popup-tp5740892p5740912.html

If you have a data file open that does not have a dataset name, and you open another one, Statistics automatically closes the unnamed one while if it has a name, it stays open, so adding the name does change the intended behavior.

As for fixes, anyone can find and download fixes from FixCentral, selecting product, release, and platform.

I did that for Statistics 28.0.1, and came up with this page for 28.0.1 on Windows
https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=SPSS&product=ibm/Information+Management/SPSS+Statistics&release=28.0.1.0&platform=Windows+64-bit,+x86&function=all

If you click on the inconspicuous Show Details box near the bottom, the page includes a short statement of what each one fixes.  You check the appropriate boxes and Continue, and you can download all the selected items.

The process could be simpler, but IBM has hundreds or maybe thousands of applications, and many users have multiple products, so the process is a little more complex than it might otherwise be.  It would be nice if there was a Check for Updates in the product.

Several of the fixes that appear there are worth installing - including the infamous Log4J security fixes, but, unfortunately, none of these appear to address the dataset issue.